Badge.



Patented Aug. 28, |900. B. HARRIS.

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(Application led May 16, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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BENJAMIN HARRIS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

BADGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,970, dated August 28, 1900.

Application filed May 16J 1900.

l0 a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that LBENJAMIN HARRIs,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Badge, of which the following is a full, clear', and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved badge of that class comprising a bar bearinga name or insignia and carrying a ribbon which hangs from it, to which end the invention comprises a novel arrangement of parts which enables me to produce not only an ornamental and attractivedevice, but one simple and cheap in manufacture.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, while the claims deiine the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a front View of the badge. Fig. 2 is a rear View of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line a t of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a View of the pin detached. Fig. 6 is a front view of the front section of the badge, and Fig. '7 is a back View ofthe back section of the badge.

The badge is preferably constructed of pliable sheet metal of any character desired, according` to the quality of the badge, and it comprises principally a front section, Fig. 6, and a back section, Fig. 7. The front section has top and bottom bars a, which are joined at their ends by a web o', the webs running into and forming parts of end pieces Z2 and Z2. rlhe top and bottom bars a may be given anydesired ornamental form-such, for example, as shown in the drawings-and are adapted to cover the top and bottom edges of a card c, which forms the surface on which the name or insignia or other character of the badge is reproduced, the card c lying at the rear of the bars a, as shown. The end portions b and h are turned rearward at the Webs c', a sufficient amount of the webs a being left at the front, however, to cover the ends of the card, as shown, and by the bars a and webs a the edges of the card are covered.

The back plate d is shaped to conform to Serial No 16,857. (No model.)

the shape of the top and bottom bars a and has a length equal to the length of the card c. Lips d are struck up from the back plate d and projected rearward therefrom and turned over the end parts b and o of the front plate, the said end parts being formed with slots b2 therein through which the lips d project. Therefore it will be seen that the card cis entirely covered at the back by the back plate and that the ends b and b' of the front plate lie against each side of the back plate and are securely fastened thereto by the lips d. The top and bottom bars a of the front plate may be rounded olf to cover not only the edges of the card c, but also the edges of the back plate, and the parts may be embossed or otherwise ornamented, as will be understood by persons skilled in the art.

Two parts el and f are provided, the former for fastening the badge to the clothing of the wearer and the latter for holding the ribbon which is usually suspended from the badge. These parts e and fare formed of an integral piece of spring-wire, the end portions of the wire forming the pins and the intermediate portion of the Wire being bent to form two transversely-disposed pivot portions e and f', which are connected by a longitudinallyextended part g. These pivot portions e and f are out of transverse alinement and are respectively held in holders 7t,which are formed from lugs struck up from the end portion i) of the front plate, as shown in Fig. 6. In this view the holders h are illust-rated not completely formed, it being intended to show them in the process of formation, and it is explained that the lugs or lips shown in Fig. 6 are subsequently rolled over to form the holders, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The free ends of the pin e and rodfare held in keepers t i', which are struck up from the end D' of the front plate, such end being opposite the end having the holders h. The pin and rod are swung outward from the intermediate portion g of the wire of which they are formed, and by this means they are given the proper spring tendency.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. As a new article of manufacture, a pin and a ribbon-supporting rod for badges and ICO the like, comprising a rod, a transversepivot portion at one end of the rod, a longitudinal intermediate portion approximately parallel with the rod and extending from the other end of the pivot portion in t-he direction of the free end of the rod, another pivot portion extending from the other end of the intermediate portion away from the rod, and a pin approximately parallel with the rod and extending in the direction of the free end of the rod.

2. A badge having ari'bbon-supporting rod pivoted thereto at one end of the badge, a fastening-pin parallel with the said rod and pivoted to the badge between the pivot of the rod and the opposite end of the badge, and a connection between the pin and the rod.

3. A badge, comprising a front and back plate, the end portions of the former of which are turned back behind the back plate, and lips formed on the back plate and engaged with the ends of the front plate to secure them together.

4. A badge, comprising front and back plates or sections, the front plate having its end portions turned back behind the back plate, and a pin, one end of which is carried on one end portion, the other end portion having a keeper to be engaged by the end of the pin.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN HARRIS.

lVitnesses:

ISAAC B. OWENS, J No. M. RITTER. 

